BronBron: “Ain’t Nothing Changed! I’m The Same Dude From Ohio That I Was Years Ago…I Just Wanna Win”

“I’m the same person,” James, 25, told PEOPLE in one of his first interviews since announcing his decision to play basketball for the Miami Heat. “I just want to win.”

Born in the suburbs of Cleveland, James played for his hometown Cavaliers for seven seasons, collecting two Most Valuable Player Awards, but never an NBA championship. While it’s expected his arrival will mean Heat games will have a bit more of celebrity flair to them, James said the Heat are not likely to have a “celebrity cheerleader,” a la Jack Nicholson and his beloved Los Angeles Lakers.

“We’re not going to single out one fan,” he said. “I think the whole community down there is going to be great, and we’re looking forward to it.”

lebron guards ron artest..artest will lock lebron down b/c he hhas no heart

gasol is better than da rupaul of big men aka bosh..gasol wins..

lakers 2011 champs..3 peat without shaq..

Be Original

Two points….

1) Akron isn’t a suburb of Cleveland-I’m tired of the media writing this.
2) Lebron is a s.u.c.k.a for joining 2 other stars to make his dream happen.

WTF?!

@BE Original

You are so right! Akron is not a suburb of Cleveland, it is a small city. Lebron knows he doesn’t come from the suburbs, he is from the hood.

Cleveland Sux

sorry but no one person can lock down lebron. it would have to be a team effort. kobe isn’t that much better than wade. think you forgot wade already has a championship in which he single handedly destroyed the mavs. honestly i never see bosh play him being in drake city and what not, but gasol and bosh have similar stats. now they also have mike miller a 40% 3pt shooter. 3 starters from the redeem team..and olympic team. lakers are toast. phil should have just retired. i’m a wiz fan by the way

CavsFAN

I’m a Cavs fan and STILL a Lebron fan. Get the win BABY!!! You deserve to live your life, ROOTING FOR YOU ALLLLLLL THE WAY!!!!! Cavs need to regroup and make it happen. *side eye at the owner* Go CAVS!!!

latoya

i hear that shoot sometimes the only thing these players leave with are rings aint that the only reason to play basketball and football anyway

southern twist

@ latonya

what are you saying they are pillow biters

Tiny-T

he might be the same person but ppl are still gonna boo him. plus how can he speak on the team not singling out one fan, lol….foreal if some big time Celeb wants front row seats for the whole season and haves the money for it do you really think the owners of the Heats or Pat Reily gonna turn him down? Unless lebron gonna talk about why he decided to go on tv to make a decision, he need to be quite.

lebron shouldnt even have to defend himself players switch teams all the time. how many teams shaq been on no one calls him a traitor. lebron wasted 7 years of his life trying to bring a championship to cleveland. its time to move on. no one can win a ring all on their own.

Damn real bron tell them like it is… All we do is win baby. Welcome to MIA…

Zone 4 Representatives

This guy doesnt have a killer instinct and he lacks leadership abilities. Big up to D-Wade for pulling this off because he won’t be the one looking like a punk….it’s his team. I really don’t care abt this because my LAKERS will THREE-PEAT!!

tellthetruth

GO LAKERS!! They are going to make this a helluva win for 2011!

aunddoggandauntfail

Cant’ wait for the next basketball season, I love a good drawn out knock out fight. Get ready!!

Lala

I feel Lebron did the right thing. He knew what he wanted, and he went for it. This is a business and if he got hurt and couldn’t play anymore Cleveland would have dropped him. You have to do what’s best for you in anything you did. Teams trade players all the time when they can’t perform to they level, so do it them before they do it to you.